that the SSOTY Awards will be handed out at the Banquet (along with the COTY and TOTY Awards). I would expect that the announced winners will suddenly esculate in value once the announcement is made, so by being at the Banquet will mean being amoung the first to know.

I would also like to encourage everyone to use the nomination form (also coming out in the upcoming issue of CCTN) to nominate the preferred Silver Strikes of your choice for Finalist consideration.

Don't forget, you can also campaign for the Silver Strike of preference by posting a scan to the C/T/SSOTY Review Site.

I hope to see as many of you as possible at the Banquet and most certainly at the Convention.

Best Regards,

Jim Follis

(ps. We are still looking for the Aladdin $28 Taj Mahal and the Golden Gate $10 Golden Gate Bridge Silver Strikes, which were TOTY Awardees for 1993 and 1998, respectively.)